The Apostolic Succession of Metropolitan Nektarios

Our unbroken Apostolic Succession, the uninterrupted transmission of spiritual authority from Christ through His Apostles and their successors, flows as follows:

1. From Our Lord Jesus Christ

2. Through Saint Andrew the Apostle

3. The Bishops of Byzantium and the Church of Constantinople (through uninterrupted ordinations)

4. The Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia (ROCOR) under Saint Philaret (Voznesensky) Metropolitan of New York (1964-1985)

5. To Auxentios, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (of blessed memory), whose hierarchs were ordained by bishops of ROCOR ( )

6. To the Holy Synod of the Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece under Archbishop Makarios of Athens and All Greece 1996-Present
7. Reception by the synod of the orthodox church of North America under the presidency of Metropolitan Gregory 2025, elected Metropolitan of Mityana.

8. Through the Episcopacy of Metropolitan Nektarios in Uganda

Summary of apostolic succession

Through this sacred lineage, Metropolitan Nektarios stands as a true successor of the Apostles, preserving and transmitting the Orthodox faith in Uganda and Africa with integrity and fidelity to the holy tradition.